Introduction With approximately 50% of the drugs being prescribed off-label, the pediatric population is in need for an innovative approach to establish harmonized, best evidence-based dosing ...

Objectives To provide up-to-date information on the use of long-term ventilation (LTV) in the UK paediatric population and to compare the results with data collected 10 and 20 years previously. Design ...

Methods All children (under 16 year) who had a DMSA scan following UTI in 2007 (Jan-July) prior to the introduction of the NICE guidelines were identified, and compared with those undergoing DMSA ...

Objective The ‘GP check’ at 6–8 weeks forms part of the selective surveillance system for developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) in the UK. It is imperative to pick up DDH within the first months of ...

Background We sought to measure the diagnostic accuracy of D-dimer in children with suspected pulmonary embolism (PE). Methods We queried our electronic medical record for quantitative D-dimer values ...

Objectives Housing conditions and ease of access to nutritious food are both well-established social determinants of health.1 The RCPCH identified poverty as indisputably influential on children’s ...

The most recent in a series of dangerous social media trends has seen children ingesting large quantities of nutmeg in an attempt to gain a natural ‘high’. Over the past 20 years, there has been a ...

Objective To study the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) in children. Patients and methods All children and adolescents under 16 years of age with a ...

The incidence of respiratory depression following treatment of prolonged seizures with benzodiazepines is variable in the literature. We retrospectively reviewed the charts of children treated for ...

### Key practice points Childhood cancer treatment often impairs reproductive function and future fertility. Management requires assessment of fertility risk and consideration of fertility ...

Aims To ascertain whether the parameters on the Sepsis Trust screening and action tool, a tool to help clinical staff recognise and treat sepsis swiftly, are useful indicators of septic children.

Background We assessed the biopsychosocial needs and key health drivers among children living with a common chronic illness, as baseline for a cluster randomised controlled trial of a child health ...